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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Some Knitting Projects

I haven't posted anything about my knitting in a long time. Here are a couple of projects I've recently finished.

The most recent is this sweater, Mindy, pattern by Julia Farwell-Clay. I had fun knitting it and I learned a new skill-the attached I-cord button band. I used Cascade Yarns Pure Alpaca Paints which I purchased at Webs. I think the yarn has been discontinued. I really like the way it came out. It took me six months from start to finish, but I admit it was on again-off again knitting! I don't like working on sweatery projects when it's hot!

Another project I finished was one I mostly knit while I was on a bus tour in the UK. It was fairly mindless knitting.

I used a cotton ribbon yarn called ONline Line Arona and a free pattern I was given at checkout. (At Webs, of course!) I am currently using another color of this same yarn to knit Let It Go, another cowl.

In between knitting and reading, we took two big trips - one to the UK and one to Italy. One of these days I get some pictures uploaded. You'd think that with retirement, I'd have the time to keep this blog updated. Hmm.

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About Me

I retired from over 20 years of teaching middle school in June 2015, and I am loving the relatively stress-free life. I keep busy with water aerobics, bird-watching, knitting, reading, and of course, continuing as bookkeeper for my husband's business. I'm active in a wonderful United Church of Christ (UCC) church, I've been married to the same great person since 1977, and I have 2 adult sons.